Spooling device



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J ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

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" Application filed May is, 1525. Serial No. sigevf To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CLAUDE. .BY LilIi, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Sheri dan, in the county of Sheridan and State of This invention relates to spoolin'g devices,

and particularly to a spooling device adapted to be used for oil well purposes where wire lines are to be moved.

In practicing the invention I provideaf carriage adapted. to .carry two drum memhere, a powerunit, and means whereby one 1 or the other of aid drums may be rotated for the purpose of winding a wire line'on one or the other or both of said drums.

A device of this character will be found of great utility in oil and gas fields, and this device is particularly constructed for usein said fields. At the present time it is customary where wire lines are used, to'ship said lines on lar e spools, and as the wire line or cable is of great length and size the spools are often greatly damaged with the result that the wire line has to be run from said spool 01' spools, the spool rebuilt and the line re-wound thereon. The present invention xwill obviate the necessity of blocking that is to say, the blocking up of the spool while"spooling to the bull wheel and sand reels", and furthermore,prevent kinking of the lines. The wire line maybe taken from the'rig or rigs where the engine orboiler has beenmoved, and it is unnecessary to depend upon power from the rig for operating the spooling device, as my invention is provided with a suitablepower element. It has been found that sp'ooling lines on a standard rig is a source of expense, as it rapidly wears out the bull ropes and the tug wheel on the bull wheels. It will obviously, follow that my device may be placed at a suitable distance from therig and the wire line passed to the said device, therefore overcoming the necessity of teaming directly to the oil rig.

t is an object of the present invention to provide a device which will be superior in point of relative simplicity and inexpensiveness, taken in conjunction with utility, durability and general efficiency and serviceability.

With the above mentioned and'other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, formation, 0on

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r i t t. emana i e ei tieii a ii l ative arrangement of parts, members and e ures as l s ted. 1 011 fiit iemr" od r g n s, i the mp ny ng rawi gs, described n the 7 following detailed statement, and finally pointed out with particularity in the claims.

In the 'drawingsz I I M p F igure 1 is fafragmentary side elevation of the spooling device in its'entirety; p I

Figure 2 is an end elevation ofthegsaine, ta a hs l f Figure. 1., an 1 0 ein: e. ire t lo h ppende 'a gigure 3 is ajtop plan. view of the device; 'l l igure e is a fragmentary viewjshowing means. for driving certain elements of the spooling device.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are" designated by the same reference characters. Referring with particularity to the drawings, theimproved spooling device is designated 1n itsentirety'by A, and of which 1 1s a frame member suitablysupported by wheels 2. p The frame 1 is adapted and formed to carry certainfdevices' such as drums a and b, and a power unit cadapted to drive one orrthef other or both of said drums- Said drums in the adaptation of 1 the invention shown [are v held between the ong t n l ide 3 d 40f t e e la d. at spaced points. Each drum is pro'vided withjashaft 5 suitablyjournaled as at 6 and to. t es d i 3 an 4 Pe ti ely-... h

sua g sys em m ybeprov ed for t ournaled part, as is customary. ,Each drum a and b is provided with two A flanges: 8 and 9 at the ends of said drum, and. the flange 8; is preferably of greater width than the flange 9; Between the, two drums at and b and 'journaled to the frame sides 3 'and l, is a shaft lO. Carried upon said shaft is a lever arm 11, anendjof which is forked as shown Figure 2' atf12, and between the forks is'received a'wheel member 13 which joinedto the same an arm 15,,the said arm extending toward the front of the carriage and having a handle member 16 atone end thereof. The arm 15 is suitably supported by a standard 17, the upper end of which is formed to carry the arm 15 and to engage any one of certain spaced notches on said arm. Thus by pulling the arm outwardly the friction wheel 13 may engage the periphery of the flange 8 of the drum a and if the said friction wheel were rotating the drum would be rotated. thereby. It will thus follow that an inward push upon the arm 15 will swing the lever arm 11 to the left and cause the friction wheel to engage the periphery of the flange 8 of the drum 3) and rotate said drum. Astrap 18 carried by I the standard 17 is operatively associated with the arm 15 and particularly. adaptedfor engagement with notches in said arm whereby the said arm may be adjusted ineits movement. The shaft 1% which carries the friction wheel, likewise carries a sprocket wheel 19, and the shaft 10 carries a sprocket wheel 20, there being a continuous chain member 21 passing over said sprocket wheels. The shaft 10 likewise carries a sprocket wheel 22 mounted outside the frame member 4;. One end of the frame carries the prime mover or engine 0, and said engine is provided with a conventional fly wheel 23, and upon the shaft of said wheel is mounted a sprocket wheel 24:, there being a continuous chain 25 between the sprocket wheels 22 and 24. Thus, when the engine is in operation and the fly wheel 23. turning, the shaft 10 will be rotated as will likewise the shaft 14. I also provide two brake members d and c which are used for controlling movement or preventing movement of the drums at and b. In particular, discs are carried upon the shafts 5 and brake bands 26 and 27 surround said discs and are adapted to engage said discs in the customary manner for effecting a braking action. In this particular brake rods 28 and 29 are provided and are actuated by means of levers 30 and 31, upper stretches of which are adapted to play over teeth carried in members 32 and 33 and whereby the brake levers may be held in an adjusted position. To conveniently wind a cable upon one or the other drums a or b, I provide-an adjustable frame member f, which comprises two leg portions or arms 34: and 35 with a shaft member 36 adjusted to and carried by said arms. Upon said shaft member is mounted a grooved wheel 37 As the member 7 may be rocked I provide an arm member 38, forclearness, not shown in Fig. 3, for controlling the position of the member 7. In particular the arm member is fastened at one end, as at 39, to one of the sides of the carriage or frame 1 and the opposite end is provided with a longitudinal slot 40, there being abolt member 41 carried by one of the sides of the member passing through said slot 40 with a head carried by said bolt adapted to engage the member 38 so as to securely embrace the member f and hold it in a rigid position, and at any position desired. The position assumed by the member 7 will depend upon which drum is being used for receiving a cable. In particular a cable is illustrated at 42, said cable passing over the shaft or grooved wheel 37 and being wound upon the drum a. This winding is effected when the fric'tionwheel 13 is against the periphery of the flange '8 of the-drum a with the prime mover or engine a rotating the same. It will be noted upon inspection of Figure 3 that the shaft 37 may be adjusted as to position upon the shaft 36, or the said grooved wheel may be allowed to slide upon the shaft 36 so as to properly feed the cable upon one or the other of the drums at or 7). While I have shown that two drum members an and I) may be used, it is obvious that I may provide any number thereof and with means for rotating the same. The drum a might be termed the cable drum and the drum Z) the sand line.

drum, and the respective cables wound upon said drums for further use, as was first described in the specification.

A device of this character will immediately be found useful in oil or gas work, or in any other place where wire lines are used. and it is required that said wire lines be moved. Preferably, the wheels 2 supporting the carriage frame and the mechanism carried by said frame, are provided with wide rims so that the device will not sink deeply into mud, as the spooling device in its entirety would be of considerable weight when the cables are carried upon the drums a and b. The spooling device may be provided with its own power unit for driving the same, or the spooling device may be drawn by horses or other means.

It is obvious that many changes and vari ations may be made in departure from the general description and showing of the accompanying drawings, inadapting the invention to varying conditions and requirements of use and service, without departing from the true spirit of the invention Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A spooling device, comprising a carriage, said carriage including a rectangular frame member, two drum members ournaled between sides of said frame member, an engine supported upon said carriage, a friction wheel between said drums, means for causing said friction wheel to engage one or the other of said drums, said enginebeing in coupled relation with said friction wheel and whereby one or the other of said drums may be rotated responsive to engagement by and rotation of said friction wheel.

2. A spooling device, comprising a carriage, said carriage including a rectangular frame member, two drum members ournaled between sides of said frame member, an engine supported upon said carriage, a friction wheel between said drums, means for causing said friction wheel to engage one or the other of said drums, said engine being in coupled relation with said friction wheel and whereby one or the other of said drums may be rotated responsive to engagement by and rotation of said friction wheel; arm members mounted upon said carriage, a shaft joined to said arm members, and a grooved wheel loosely carried on said shaft, whereby cable being passed over said grooved wheel to the drums may be directed as to movement upon one or the other of said drum members.

3. A spooling device, comprising a carriage, said carriage including a rectangular frame member, two drum members journaled between sides of said frame member, an engine supported upon said carriage, a friction wheel between said drums, means for causing said friction wheel to engage one or the other of said drums, said engine being in coupled relation with said friction wheel and whereby one or the other of said drums may be rotated responsive to engagement by and rotation of said friction wheel; arm members mounted upon said carriage, a shaft joined to said arm members, and a grooved wheel loosely carried on said shaft, whereby cable being passed over said grooved wheel to the drums may be directed as to movement upon one or the other of said drum members; means likewise being provided for adjusting the position of said arm members.

4. A spooling device, comprising a carriage, two drum members rotatably supported by said carriage, and means for effecting rotation of either of said drum members; there being means for guiding cable upon said drums; said means comprising a frame mounted for movement above either of said drums, a shaft carried by the frame and a wheel mounted upon said shaft for travel on said shaft.

5. A spooling device, comprising a frame,

two spaced parallel drums journaled transversely between sides of said frame, and means for rotating said drums; said drums having flanged ends, and one flange of each drum being of greater width than the other flange; said means including a wheel between the wide flanges of the drums.

6. A spooling device, comprising a frame, two spaced parallel drums journaled transversely between sides of said frame, and means for rotating said drums; said drums having flanged ends, and one flange of each drum being of greater width than the other flange; said means including a wheel between the wide fianges of the drums; means likewise being provided for moving the wheel into frictional engagement with one or the other of the wide drum flanges.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLAUDE BYLER.

Witnesses:

MARm HILL, C. S. DRUSE. 

